Goofyexponent
Mentally Unstable..
Here in Nova Scotia, we hand semi annual safety inspections on passenger and light commercial vehicles. Larger vehicles are yearly basis.
The rules are getting stricter and scrrticer. Basically what they want to see getting a sticker are rust free "new" vehicles....the newer the better.
Today I took my truck down for inspection check....she's not looking good.
I had the following wrong....
One wheel seal just a little damp...CONDEMED!
They CLAIMED no reverse lights, but you have to have the shifter JUST right for them to work....COMDEMED!
One flex hose has surface cracks...barely cracked at all...CONDEMED!
I had a PINHOLE in the exhaust. (I put a spot of weld on it, just fine! Factory blemish in teh new pipe I bought I guess?) CONDEMED!!
The fuel tanks were dry as a bone last weekend...but apparently it has a damp spot on it...CONDEMED!!
The little cable for the self adjusters in the rear brakes keeps falling off when it feels like it....CONDEMED!
and finally...the box. I crawled up underneath and patched the one bac spot on the crossmembers for the box that I could see....no go. I was told the truck WILL NOT PASS wth the current box on it now...C-O-N-D-E-M-E-D!!!
One of them little corner marker light bulbs was out as well....and they condemed her for that!!!
I bought everything but a box...including the wrong socket to fit the 10.25" axle nut. Came to just under $150 for self adjuster kits for both sides, one wheel seal and the flex hose.
A box is 10 times that. $1500. I just plain and simple can not come up with $1500. It may be time to part ways with the old girl...
****** me off because I spent $200 on balljoints and steering gear, $950 on tires and another set of wheels, $300 on new bearings and seals for the front end, $150 for new brakes and an axle joint this spring, $100 to change the transmission filter and fluid and $18 to add the lucas to her. $70 to change the coolant and thermostat (I JUST did tonight), minus the SCA's which I STILL had to buy. Add in another $200 for the bodywork I ALREADY done to the cab which is now rust free.
So lets total this up. $1988....and it's still not up to specs...PLUS I DID ALL THW WORK MYSELF! The guy that checked it over said it was pretty tight, and the frame, cab and running gear seemed to be in great shape, but the box was done.
So if I bought the box and put it on...I would be out $3488 on a truck I only spent $1500 on less than 2 years ago....I just can't see me putting it back on the road.
Not to mention the torque converter is still not 100% right, although it's MUCH better!
The rules are getting stricter and scrrticer. Basically what they want to see getting a sticker are rust free "new" vehicles....the newer the better.
Today I took my truck down for inspection check....she's not looking good.
I had the following wrong....
One wheel seal just a little damp...CONDEMED!
They CLAIMED no reverse lights, but you have to have the shifter JUST right for them to work....COMDEMED!
One flex hose has surface cracks...barely cracked at all...CONDEMED!
I had a PINHOLE in the exhaust. (I put a spot of weld on it, just fine! Factory blemish in teh new pipe I bought I guess?) CONDEMED!!
The fuel tanks were dry as a bone last weekend...but apparently it has a damp spot on it...CONDEMED!!
The little cable for the self adjusters in the rear brakes keeps falling off when it feels like it....CONDEMED!
and finally...the box. I crawled up underneath and patched the one bac spot on the crossmembers for the box that I could see....no go. I was told the truck WILL NOT PASS wth the current box on it now...C-O-N-D-E-M-E-D!!!
One of them little corner marker light bulbs was out as well....and they condemed her for that!!!
I bought everything but a box...including the wrong socket to fit the 10.25" axle nut. Came to just under $150 for self adjuster kits for both sides, one wheel seal and the flex hose.
A box is 10 times that. $1500. I just plain and simple can not come up with $1500. It may be time to part ways with the old girl...
****** me off because I spent $200 on balljoints and steering gear, $950 on tires and another set of wheels, $300 on new bearings and seals for the front end, $150 for new brakes and an axle joint this spring, $100 to change the transmission filter and fluid and $18 to add the lucas to her. $70 to change the coolant and thermostat (I JUST did tonight), minus the SCA's which I STILL had to buy. Add in another $200 for the bodywork I ALREADY done to the cab which is now rust free.
So lets total this up. $1988....and it's still not up to specs...PLUS I DID ALL THW WORK MYSELF! The guy that checked it over said it was pretty tight, and the frame, cab and running gear seemed to be in great shape, but the box was done.
So if I bought the box and put it on...I would be out $3488 on a truck I only spent $1500 on less than 2 years ago....I just can't see me putting it back on the road.
Not to mention the torque converter is still not 100% right, although it's MUCH better!